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Rebirth of the KKK

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The Red Scare

Reds are communist, socialist, and are to the far left of the political spectrum
The Red Scare took place from 1918-1920
The Reds were European immigrants
Radical Reds mailed out bombs to several important political figures including Attorney General Mitchell Palmer
Palmer later led the “Palmer Raids”
The Palmer Raids led to the unconstitutional deportation of almost 600 immigrants
Many of the 600 immigrants were not given lawyers at their deportation trails

Positive Effects on Immigration

If you didn’t support immigration in the early twentieth century and had racist tendencies, you may have considered the KKK and the Red Scare as a positive impact on immigration

Negative Effects on Immigration

The KKK did what ever they could in their power to instill fear into US immigrants
The KKK sometimes used violence to scare and intimidate immigrants
KKK tactics might have scared some immigrants from coming to the US
Palmer racially profiled many immigrants and unconstitutionally deported about 600 immigrants
US Government treatment of some immigrants may have kept some people from moving to the US
The KKK and the Palmer raids made the United States' government and citizens of the United States look poorly to the rest of world